cabinet first lady

Chapter 65 Husband is a Teacher
Ruan Muyang was shocked, and the sadness in his heart was replaced by unknown panic. He raised his head from Zhang Anyi's arms, looked at him in disbelief and asked, "Where are you sending me?"

Zhang Anyi gently wiped away the tears hanging on his face for her, and said: "One of my students is now an official in Cangzhou. I have received invitations in the past two days. The funeral of the late emperor will be the birthday of his eldest son Full Moon." Days. I am too busy to go, so I will trouble my wife to go there for me. It happens that the Zhang family also has a Zhuangzi in Cangzhou, and I will send someone to make arrangements, and my wife will live in Cangzhou for a while."

This is to drive her to the Zhuangzi in Cangzhou.

"You—why didn't you just divorce me?" Ruan Muyang asked with a chill in his heart.

Zhang Anyi looked at Ruan Muyang, and sighed softly: "Madam, I said I would not let you go. Cangzhou is not far from the capital, and you can arrive there in two or three days. If we make it like this, not only will our grandparents worry, If it spreads, it will make father-in-law and mother-in-law worry about you."

This reason is very convincing.The old Shangshu and the old lady are not in good health, so they shouldn't worry about them anymore.Ruan Muyang also didn't want Ruan Zhongling and Zhao to worry about this.

Yes, she was persuaded.

"Then how long will it take for me to go?" What she was afraid of was that once she went to Cangzhou, she didn't know when she would return to the capital. She was afraid that after returning, things would change, and the woman in his arms would no longer be her.

Zhang Anyi didn't give a clear answer, but said calmly with his eyes: "For us, it's best to separate now. After the separation, I may think of Madam's good, so I regret it and want to forgive Madam."

He was so calm and rational that it was scary and frightening.

Even after experiencing such deception, he was furious in his heart, but he was always able to pull himself out of it and judge the situation from the perspective of a bystander.He knew that he was in love with Ruan Muyang, and that if he really divorced her, he would regret it, so even if he got angry again, he didn't want to divorce her and let her go.

This time, while he couldn't trust and forgive her, he gave them a chance to breathe.

He sees weaknesses in everyone and exploits them, including his own.

"Okay." From Ruan Muyang's point of view, the deadline he gave was far away.

How could someone with such a firm mind forgive her so easily?

Watching Mu Feng and Mu Yu enter the house to pack her luggage, Ruan Muyang thought of Dian Cui, Fang Fang and Han Shi, and asked, "How are Dian Cui and the others? I want to see them before I go to Cangzhou." She was very excited. Worried that the three of them would be implicated by her.

"Tomorrow morning, I will send someone to bring them over. My wife needs caring people to take care of them, so I can take them to Cangzhou."

This night, Zhang Anyi didn't stay overnight, but still slept in the study.

Early in the morning of the second day, Dian Cui Fang and Han Shi were brought over.

"Ma'am! How are you?" Diancui and Falang came to Ruan Muyang from left to right, looking at her with concern.

"I'm fine." Seeing that the three of them had no scars on their bodies and their expressions were all fine, Ruan Muyang felt relieved.

Han Shi said: "Ma'am, don't worry, the second master just locked us up and didn't make things difficult for us."

Ruan Muyang nodded.After all, he still thought of their affection.

"Ma'am, why did Second Master ask you to go to Cangzhou?" Dian Cui was about to cry as she spoke.Her grievance was not for herself, but for Ruan Muyang.

Ruan Muyang comforted with a smile: "It's just for a while."

"Madam, we will go to Cangzhou with you, and we will take good care of you no matter where we go," Han Shi said.

"No, I didn't ask you to come to Cangzhou with me." Ruan Muyang shook his head, took out a small box and opened it. Inside were two house deeds, some money and three deeds of sale, "These are for Yours. When Hanshi and Diancui got married, I promised to prepare a small yard for you when you left the mansion. That shop was the dowry prepared for Diancui. Although the enamel was not married, I also prepared the dowry Yes. You take it and leave the Zhang Mansion."

I don't know how long she went to Cangzhou.

Whether Zhang Anyi will change his mind is still unknown.

Dian Cui Fang Han Shi and the three immediately knelt down.

Dian Cui's tears fell: "Ma'am, we will go wherever you go. Don't let yourself get lost. The second master is only angry for a while, and he will change his mind soon."

"Who said I can't think about it? I want to do it." Looking at them, Ruan Muyang's face was extraordinarily calm and gentle.She has already thought about it, the big deal is to live in Cangzhou all the time.Anyway, at the beginning, she was thinking about getting revenge and then retreating to find a place to live quietly, but who would have thought that later she would fall in love with Zhang Anyi's gentleness and fall in love with him.

"Then let's go to Cangzhou with Madam." Han Shi said firmly.

Ruan Muyang helped the three of them up, and said: "Hanshi, you and Diancui are married, you should think about it for Diancui, settle down properly, and have a baby."

Seeing that Han Shi was faintly moved, Dian Cui said to him angrily: "You have to settle down yourself, anyway, I want to follow my lady!"

"Diancui, Hanshi is also for your own good. You are the people I trust the most, and you can keep an eye on what's going on in the capital for me even if you stay in the capital. Apart from you, I have no other people available."

Dian Cui frowned, with a worried expression on her face: "But—we are worried."

At this time, the silent enamel said: "Madam, let me go to Cangzhou with you. The cold food and Diancui in the capital are enough, and I am not married yet." Her tone was very firm.

Ruan Muyang looked at her, the previous words of persuasion to Diancui and Hanshi really didn't apply to her.

Enamel usually talks less, is considerate in his work, and knows how to be flexible, but he is stubborn.

"Okay." Ruan Muyang sighed, "Then the enamel will follow me to Cangzhou. Now that the deeds of selling one's life and house are all taken out, I will give them all to you first. You take care of them yourself."

After letting Diancui and Hanshi go down, Ruan Muyang asked Fangang to stay and make up for her.

Tomorrow she is leaving for Cangzhou, she is going to say goodbye to the old Shangshu and the old lady.This was also what Zhang Anyi meant.

Old Shangshu is sleeping most of the time now, when Ruan Muyang went, it was just right, and old Shangshu was awake.

"Grandfather, tomorrow I will go to Cangzhou for the second master."

Old Shangshu leaned against the bed and nodded, "Go, remember to bring more people with you on the way. Seeing that it's already May, and in June, it might rain again. Luckily, Cangzhou is not far away." In the past few years, Lao Shangshu has grown old, and has lost the majesty and spirit that Ruan Muyang had when he married him back then.Old Shangshu didn't know what happened in Chuanyun courtyard these days.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Ruan Muyang nodded respectfully and said, "Thank you for your concern, grandfather. Grandfather must also take care of his illness."

After saying a few words, Ruan Muyang felt that the old Shangshu was a little tired, so he wanted to leave.After the old lady watched the servants help the old Shangshu to sleep, she called Ruan Muyang to the hall.

"Mu Yang, your complexion doesn't look very good." Time is irreversible, and the old lady is also getting old.

Even though the enamel was made to use more rouge, the haggard look in Ruan Muyang's brows was still visible to the old lady.She lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry to trouble grandma, Mu Yang just didn't sleep well."

The old lady sighed for a long time: "Although An Yi kept quiet, I still heard something about you. Your grandfather and I are getting old and don't have the energy to take care of these things. What is the relationship between you husband and wife? The most sensible one, I hope you are well."

In the past two years, the old lady has also lived in seclusion and rarely asked about the affairs of the mansion, but now she has to worry about their affairs, Ruan Muyang felt guilty for loving the two old people.

"Grandmother, don't worry, nothing happened to the two of us, it's all over." She smiled sincerely at the old lady.

The old lady nodded: "I hope. Be careful on the way to Cangzhou this time."

Probably no one in the whole house knew that Ruan Muyang went to eat full moon wine for Zhang Anyi this time just to cover up people's eyes and ears, in order to reduce the number of people in the house staring at Chuanyun Courtyard and gossiping to the old Shangshu and old lady. A calm, breather between the two of them.

"Then the granddaughter-in-law will leave first. Grandmother and grandfather should take care of themselves."

At this time, Ruan Muyang didn't know that it was the last time he saw Lao Shangshu just now.

Today, what the court is talking about is also the problem of flooding.

From January to June every year, there will be floods in the Lianghuai and Liangjiang areas.Every year, the imperial court allocates funds to repair the embankments in advance, but there are serious abuses in the Lianghuai and Liangjiang areas, and local officials have embezzled part of the funds.It turned out that Emperor Wu was fine when he was in power, because Emperor Wu punished corrupt officials extremely harshly. Since Emperor Ling succeeded to the throne, Luo Jie covered the sky with one hand, and the local people would pay filial piety every year, so he turned a blind eye.

Originally, there was no dike burst because the water potential was under control, but this year, Qin Tianjian reported that many places will have heavy rain that is rare in many years.

The ministers below were arguing, and Emperor Yuan just watched.The ten-year-old Emperor Yuan didn't show cowardice on such an occasion, but looked like he didn't know what he was thinking, a little mature.

The people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate said: "The only solution for now is to send people to inspect the two rivers and the two Huaihe Rivers, clean up the accumulated evils, and supervise the river construction."

Moreover, this person cannot be a small official, only an important official in the court can suppress those local officials.

All the ministers looked at Zhang Anyi who had been silent and stood at the top of all the officials.

Zhang Anyi, as the auxiliary minister handpicked by the late emperor, all affairs of the court, big and small, should be passed through his hands, and only after his nod.

"Your Majesty, I think Yin Jiyin, a scholar of Dongge University, is the most suitable." Although Zhang Anyi was the auxiliary minister, Zhang Anyi had never violated the rules, and he had to report every detail, and he was even more respectful to Emperor Yuan.

When his name was called, Yin Ji, who was standing obliquely behind Zhang Anyi, raised his head to look at him, raised his eyebrows, and his expression moved slightly.

"Lord Yin?" Hearing the familiar name, Emperor Yuan finally spoke.

When Emperor Yuan was still the prince, Yin Ji was You Zhongyun, the prince's lecturer.In particular, it can be seen that Emperor Yuan trusted Yin Ji very much.

Inspecting the two rivers and the two Huaihe Rivers, clearing up the evils, and supervising the river works, if it is not done well, it really encountered a rare heavy rain this year, and the river embankment was washed away. I am afraid that I will be dismissed and investigated. Awarded, but also offended many officials.This task is really not very good.

The people in the cabinet are the most suitable people to supervise this matter.

Among the six members of the cabinet, Yin Ji is the youngest and has the lowest qualifications, so he should be the one to go.

However, Yin Ji noticed the deep meaning of Zhang Anyi's move.He wants to suppress him.

When Emperor Yuan came to court, the Empress Dowager Qiu hung the curtain behind her to listen to the government.At this time, she did not object, which means she agreed with Zhang Anyi's idea.

Instead of waiting for the errand to be imposed on him, it is better to take it on his own initiative.

Yin Ji came out, and his voice sounded above the court hall: "Your Majesty, I am willing to inspect the two rivers and the two Huaihe Rivers, eliminate the accumulated evils, and supervise the river construction."

"Then Master Yin, let's go." Emperor Yuan said.

With Empress Dowager Qiu listening to the government behind the curtain, Emperor Yuan was just a puppet.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will do my best to live up to my trust!"

That night, after Zhang Anyi returned home, Ruan Muyang told him that he decided to leave the house with cold food and Diancui.Since going to Cangzhou, Ruan Muyang's actions are no longer restricted, and it is not so difficult to see Zhang Anyi.

Zhang Anyi looked at Ruan Muyang and said, "Madam sent her confidant away, but are you ready to leave?"

Her preparations were too much like she had arranged everything to leave.

Ruan Muyang shook his head.

"The person who is Madam is naturally arranged by Madam herself." Zhang Anyi said, "I will send some guards to protect Madam."

In the early morning of the second day, Ruan Muyang took the enamel and got into the carriage to Cangzhou, just like an ordinary trip, without disturbing anyone.

Two days later, Ruan Muyang arrived in Cangzhou.

Cangzhou is not far from the capital, but because it is close to the Bohai Sea, the climate is cooler than the capital.

Before, Zhang Anyi said that he was a Zhuangzi, but it was actually a small villa outside Cangzhou City. The location was secluded and the scenery was exceptionally good.

The servants in the manor house have been waiting for a long time, Zhang Anyi sent someone to make a point in advance, these servants naturally dare not neglect Ruan Muyang.They only thought that the second young lady came here to recuperate.

"The second young lady is here." The woman in charge is surnamed Pan.

Pan's mother looked at Ruan Muyang, and saw that although her face was pale and bloodless, she was tall and straight, slim but not frivolous, and her dignified appearance was so dignified that people dare not look directly at her.She sighed in her heart, after all, she is the first lady of the cabinet now.

Ruan Muyang nodded, and winked at Fang Fang.

Enamel distributed the purse that had been prepared earlier to the servants.No matter where you go, it is necessary to take care of it.

The environment in the manor is also very good, and there is nothing wrong with living here.Perhaps because of leaving Chuanyunyuan, Ruan Muyang no longer thought of those troublesome things, and felt much more at ease.

They come, the security.

After resting for a while, Ruan Muyang asked Fang Fang to call Mama Pan over, and asked about the manor house and Cangzhou City.

Mother Pan answered one by one, then thought for a while and added: "I'm afraid the second young lady doesn't know that the rogues from the sea sneaked ashore last night and robbed their homes. The government has sent people to track them down today. I'm afraid these days will not be peaceful." .”

When I first came here, I encountered such a thing. Thinking that the manor house was outside the city, Ruan Muyang warned: "Let the servants be careful, and close the gate when it gets dark. No one is allowed to go out at will. Let the guards and guards go out at night." Patrol shifts."

"Yes, the old servant will give orders in a while. Don't worry, Young Madam, because I'm afraid there will be rogues at sea. There are many nursing homes in the manor house, and they have a set of methods to deal with rogues." Mother Pan said with a smile.

It would be best to be cautious.

The day Ruan Muyang arrived in Cangzhou also happened to be the second day Yin Ji went south to inspect the two rivers and the two Huaihe Rivers.

On the second day when he went south, the newly appointed Right Minister of the Ministry of Punishment came up and said that he found many unjust, false and wrong cases while looking through the files of the Ministry of Punishment. They are innocent.It's been too long since Emperor Wu, so it might be difficult to find out.

When Lingdi was in power, he was obsessed with alchemy and Taoism, and did nothing in government affairs. Luo Jie only cared about factional disputes and turned a blind eye to other things.Most of the unjust killings occurred during the reign of Emperor Wu.

Naturally, Zhang Anyi's acquiescence was required for this memorial to be delivered to Emperor Yuan and Queen Mother Qiu.

Yin Ji only guessed the most obvious purpose of Zhang Anyi recommending him to inspect the Liangjiang and Huaihe Rivers, but he didn't realize his deeper intentions.

This is a challenge to the imperial power, and it is to bring the mistakes made by Emperor Wu and Emperor Ling to the table.Queen Mother Qiu was furious after seeing the memorial, and called Zhang Anyi into the palace.

"Mr. Zhang Ge, what is the meaning of this memorial?" The Queen Mother Qiu resisted the urge to throw the memorial at Zhang Anyi's feet, but there was anger that could not be concealed in her raised eyes.

Zhang Anyi watched his nose, nose, and heart, and remained unmoved.

Empress Dowager Qiu stared at him fiercely: "Do you want Aijia and the emperor to face the royal family's ancestors in the future?"

The questioning voice fell, followed by a complete silence, even the palace people outside did not dare to breathe loudly, for fear of being implicated.

In fact, Queen Mother Qiu couldn't understand Zhang Anyi's actions.In her eyes, Zhang Anyi is a powerful minister, but not an honest and loyal minister.Only honest and loyal ministers would do this kind of thing, and these loyal ministers either served as censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had no power and only had a mouth, or died in the open and secret struggles of the court.

No matter what kind of result, in Queen Qiu's view, it was very stupid.

At this time, Zhang Anyi finally moved, and said: "Go back to the empress dowager, too many officials were unjustly murdered during Emperor Wu's reign, and people were panicked. As a result, there are still many talented people who are unwilling to serve as officials in the court. Thorough investigation Unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, at a small level, can make the emperor win over people's hearts and recruit talents; at a high level, it can restore the innocence of those who died unjustly, and return justice to people's hearts."

His voice is so gentle, even when he speaks profound righteousness and vigilant words, he still has this tone.Although it is not impassioned, it has an inspiring power of its own.

Queen Mother Qiu frowned: "No."

After planning for many years, it took two such thrilling turmoil to seize the throne. Now that he dared to speak, Zhang Anyi was naturally well prepared.He didn't insist at the moment, and said respectfully: "The empress dowager, I will retire."

From the second day onwards, people continued to request a thorough investigation of the original unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

Although Zhang Anyi's actions won the hearts of many people, some censors began to scold him, calling him domineering and arrogant, even worse than Luo Jie.

This is where a storm begins.

Just when the ups and downs arose in the court, outside Cangzhou city, Ruan Muyang finally got used to the life here after two days.

On May [-]th, Zhang Anyi's disciple Lin Zhengqiao's eldest son's full moon banquet, Ruan Muyang attended the banquet with enamel and two guards.

When they got to the gate of the Lin Mansion and took out the post, the porter who greeted the guests went in to make an announcement. It didn't take long for Lin Zhengqiao and his parents to come out to greet them in person.

Lin Zhengqiao looked at Ruan Muyang for a while, then moved his eyes away, and saluted respectfully: "Master!"

Master Lin and Mrs. Lin also looked respectful: "Mrs. Zhang."

"Master Lin, Mrs. Lin, you're being polite." Ruan Muyang smiled, then looked at Lin Zhengqiao and said, "Your teacher is too busy with business, so let me come."

Zhang Anyi had been a co-examiner in the national examination, and had supervised many editors in the Imperial Academy, and he had quite a few students under him.This Lin Zhengqiao was Zhang Anyi's protégé when he was the co-examiner of the general examination. Later, he failed the palace examination and returned to Cangzhou.Zhang Anyi admired his talent and wanted to arrange a job for him, but he refused.Lin Zhengqiao said that he didn't want to be an official, but wanted to devote himself to learning.

That's why Zhang Anyi admired him even more.

Ruan Muyang didn't know that Zhang Anyi saw himself in Lin Zhengqiao.After all, he entered the filthy officialdom for a certain purpose, and he couldn't stay clean in the muddy water.

"Master, please come in." Lin Zhengqiao looked flattered.

The Lin family is also a powerful and powerful family in Cangzhou, who needs the master to greet them in person with such an array?
What the guests didn't expect was that the one they respectfully welcomed was a young and beautiful woman, and they were curious.

The eldest son is full moon, and the wife of Zhang Anyi, the chief minister of the cabinet, came to congratulate him in person. What an honor it is to say it?It's just that the Lin family didn't reveal Ruan Muyang's identity, they only said that her husband was a teacher outside of Lin Zhengqiao.

This kind of style made Ruan Muyang have a good impression of the Lin family all of a sudden.

At the banquet, Mrs. Lin and Lin Zhengqiao's wife accompanied Ruan Muyang in person.During the dinner, there was also a woman who looked at Ruan Muyang, saw that she behaved elegantly, and there was a sense of dignity in her dignified demeanor, she was not an ordinary person at first sight, so she tentatively asked: "Mrs. place?"

The first person with the surname Zhang in Beijing is Zhang Anyi, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, but it is absolutely impossible.Going to think about other Zhang's houses, the woman found that she couldn't think of it.Probably because Zhang Anyi's experience was so legendary that it overshadowed the limelight of the person surnamed Zhang next to him, making others eclipsed.

Ruan Muyang smiled and said: "It's just a small family, my husband is just a teacher." Being able to talk about Zhang Anyi behind her back like this made her feel very good.

Although she said so, others may not believe it.

How could the wife of an ordinary schoolteacher have such a demeanor?
Ruan Muyang didn't know that not far away, on the other side of the screen, there was a person looking at her through the gap between the screens.

It was a man dressed very richly, his eyes lingered greedily on Ruan Muyang, and he said to himself, "Why didn't I hear that Lin Zhengqiao has such a teacher outside?"

(End of this chapter)